"Boulle Marquetry Box By Charles Guillaume Diehl"
Very pretty box in tortoiseshell Boulle marquetry and brass with rich decoration of interlacing and foliage scrolls it rests on four monogrammed cartridge feet mlsigned on the lock diehl Paris 19 rue Michel Lecomte Charles-guillaume diehl 1811 -1886 German cabinetmaker, table maker training, he began his career as a cabinetmaker in Paris in 1840 at 170 rue Saint Martin